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A Lanarkshire politician has signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, pledging her dedication to Holocaust Memorial Day.

Could blockbusters rule at this year's Oscars?It certainly seems possible after an advance shortlist revealed on Wednesday that Top Gun: Maverick, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Avatar: The Way of Water are all in the running. Pop stars like Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Rihanna also got one step closer to getting Oscar nominations.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 95th Oscars, including documentary feature, international film, makeup and hairstyling, score, original song, sound, visual effects and shorts.Alejandro González Iñárritu´s "Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths" was along the 15 films shortlisted in the international film category, one of the most competitive. The category also includes already decorated films like "Holy Spider" (Denmark), "All Quiet on the Western Front" (Germany), "Saint Omer" (France), "Corsage" (Austria), "EO" (Poland), "Return to Seoul" (Cambodia), "Decision to Leave" (South Korea), "Close" (Belgium) and "Argentina, 1985" (Argentina).

Paedophile pop star Gary Glitter will be released from prison early next year, according to a report. The 78-year-old, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was jailed for 16 years for attempted rape, unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13, and four counts of indecent assault in 2015.

World Cup hero Harry Souttar once insisted his ultimate ambition in football would be to play for Scotland...five years before he became an Australian icon. The former Dundee United defender has won huge amounts of praise for his colossal performances at the centre of defence for the Socceroos who clinched a shock qualification into the Last 16 of the World Cup, just after he battled back from a serious knee injury.

RICHARD Madeley left Good Morning Britain viewers furious today over an "offensive" remark live on air. The TV presenter speculated US President Joe Biden was "senile" following the news Donald Trump will run for office again in 2024. He made the comment after Biden, 80, referred to Cambodia as Colombia in front of the Cambodian PM last week.

EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired U.S. rights to The New Abolitionists, a documentary about the movement to end sex trafficking in Southeast Asia directed by Christina Zorich and produced by her mother, the late Olympia Dukakis. 

world is set to end. Politician Khem Veasna made the bizarre claim in a post on Facebook, telling his 370,000 followers that an apocalyptic flood was on the way and that his farmhouse was the only safe place to escape the waters.

Daily Star Liz Truss Lettuce has joined celebrity video messaging website Cameo.Social media – and in fact international press – has been lapping up our live video feed of a freshly bought lettuce going up against Prime Minister Liz Truss, to find out who will last longer.And due to the popularity of it, the 60p lettuce, which appears to have more of a social life than most people, has now joined Cameo.READ MORE: Liz Truss swears she'll outlast the Daily Star's 60p Tesco lettuce - Watch live here if she canFor a small fee of just £13, you can have a personalised message sent to you by the lettuce – provided it's not hiding under a desk, of course.A portion of the money raised from the message will actually go to the Daily Star's charity of choice, Free The Bears which rescues bears from dangerous captivity and has sanctuaries in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.It mainly cares for hundreds of sun and moon bears.A Cameo spokesman said: “We’re all on the edge of our seats waiting to see what happens with the lettuce.“Fans can book personalised messages from some of the world’s biggest celebrities on Cameo and in the last few days, no one has captured the attention of the British public quite like this vegetable.“The viral sensation that is the Daily Star’s lettuce has joined Cameo and messages are available for an initial £13, but that could be the tip of the iceberg.”To book a personalised message from the lettuce, fans can head to the Cameo website and fill in a few details to receive their very own bespoke message from the world’s most famous lettuce.The lettuce has picked up such notoriety, that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer mentioned in during last night's (October 17) Parliamentary Labour Party meeting.According to

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Netflix has come on board for the second year to support the Short Film Camp, a film industry training program for professionals from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. The SFC is led by Purin Pictures, a film funding body backed by the Purin Foundation. The event, running for ten days (Dec. 2-12, 2022) in Bangkok, Thailand, will involve 12 teams of directors and producers. The 24 participants will receive mentoring that aims to hone their writing, producing and directing skills. The workshop culminates in a live pitch of their short film projects, where four winners will receive funding and post-production support to produce their short films.

A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved and acclaimed children’s book classic, is being developed as a stage musical, producers announced today.

An area of Glasgow has been named one of the coolest neighbourhoods in the world to visit right now by Time Out.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Rithy Panh, director of “Rice People” and “S21 The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine” is an icon of art-house cinema, at once political, unique, and charming. The iconic image may be another of his confections – a palatable work built on uncomfortable facts. On the incomplete evidence of a 50-minute on-stage dialog at the Busan International Film Festival on Sunday, Panh comes across as simultaneously contrarian and principled. A curmudgeonly veteran and yet a filmmaker still curious to learn. “If there were no Khmer Rouge maybe I would not be a filmmaker,” he said of the Communist insurgents, who won the Cambodian civil war in 1975 and whose brutality and atrocities he has spent a lifetime documenting and exposing.

Cambodia sees the gates of Hell flung open and the ghosts of evil spirits released.In Autumn, the Pchum Ben festival allows families to honour their long line of ancestors as well as feed any hungry spirits.Also known as the Khmer Festival of the Ancestors, the event occurs every year between September and October during the 10th month of the Khmer Lunar calendar for 15 days. READ MORE: Top 20 signs you're a 'culture vulture' - from learning language to eating local food Throughout this event, it is believed the gates of Hell are opened and hoards of hungry ghosts are free to roam among the living, reports the Mirror.

EXCLUSIVE: Brookyln-based arthouse distributor KimStim has acquired all U.S. rights for French director Mikhaël Hers’ fourth feature The Passengers Of The Night, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg as a recently divorced mother battling to keep her family afloat.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Fresh from a chaotic Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday, TV coverage of Formula One motor racing is set to shift broadcasting partner in Asia-Pacific. Sports Business reports that pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports is finalizing a multi-year deal beginning in 2023 reaching across most of its Asia-Pacific footprint, but excluding Australia, where Foxtel recently renewed its deal, and New Zealand.

Death Row over a drug cocktail 'birthday present' he received.The man identified only by his initials of MP, is a New Zealand national and is facing the death penalty for his actions.The 42-year-old is also facing a prison sentence of at least four years behind bars, after getting caught with cocaine, MDMA and meth in his possession, the Daily Mirror reports.READ MORE: Brit beach-goer thinks he's stumbled upon £90million worth of washed up cocaineThe Bali chapter of the National Narcotics Agency (BNNP Bali) revealed that the Kiwi, who was identified as MP, received a suspicious 'birthday' package from his friend in Canada.The parcel itself – which arrived on August 26 – contained the drugs and was picked up from a Denpasar post office mailbox that was registered in MP's name.Sniffer dogs at the post office confirmed the package contained the illegal drugs and it was later revealed by authorities that the package contained a three grams of cocaine, two grams of MDMA and 1.7 grams of meth.Following the search, he was arrested at a parking lot of a store on August 30 and went on to tell authorities that the shipment was his birthday present.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Indonesia – alongside the other ASEAN member sates of Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Laos, do not allow the personal possession, sale, and/or trafficking of anything classified as a drug or narcotic.This includes many recreational drugs or substances that may be deemed legal in other countries, such as cannabis derivatives, or prescription narcotics.According to LBHM, there are 413 people on death row currently – 275 of whom were convicted of

With the onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic came a global sense of fear and uncertainty, followed by political and economic repercussions felt across the world, the likes of which hadn’t been seen in decades. During those early days of the pandemic, New York-based director David Siev returned to his hometown of Bad Axe, Michigan, where his Cambodian family owns a restaurant.

Charles III before he was King has resurfaced, but by the shooter's own admission the incident was actually a political demonstration.The footage from an event in Sydney, Australia, back in 1994, shows the moment attacker David Kang shot two blanks at the then Prince Charles with a starting pistol, before coming within a metre of him on stage.Charles was seen standing up and approaching the podium to speak to the crowd at Darling Harbour when the chaos ensued as the first shot captured his attention.READ MORE: King Charles III hailed as 'badass' over calm reaction to failed assassinationAnd while Royal fans swooned over Charles' relaxed response to danger, it actually wasn't an attempt on his life - but a political demonstration about refugees.Kang later claimed he fired the shots as a protest against the 'extremely traumatic experience' of more than 100 Cambodian asylum seekers held in detention camps in the country.Kang wrote in a letter to Charles before his trip of his belief that children born at the center were "suffering at the hands of the immigration department," and that the facility was a "modern day concentration camp."A response from one of the now King's secretaries stated that while Charles "understands the strength of your concerns...this is not a matter with which he can become personally involved."For more shocking stories from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters hereThe then-university student was later found guilty of threatening unlawful violence and sentenced to 500 hours of community service.In 2005, Kang, who is now a qualified barrister, spoke about what happened to The Sydney Morning Herald: "What happened 11 years ago was an extremely traumatic experience and I have

It was at 6.45pm sharp, on Monday, 22 August 1931, that the Regent Cinema in Marple first opened its doors. After paying the equivalent of roughly three pence for stalls and five pence for circle seats at the ticket desk, a packed out theatre enjoyed performances from Renate Müller, Jack Hulbert and Owen Nares in British musical comedy ‘Sunshine Susie’.

A headteacher asked more than 100 boys for naked pictures on Facebook. Nick Clayton from Holyake sent creepy messages to boys as young as 10 while working as the head of a British international school in Iraq.